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I don't think everyone in the armed forces shares your sentiment.
Comment by Parking_Abalone_1232 at 03/12/2024 at 02:06 UTC
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I've never said everyone in the military would follow illegal orders, either. I've said there are a lot of members that *would* follow those orders.
Here's the million dollar questions:
1. Are there more people willing to not follow illegal orders than there are people willing to go along with them;
2. Are the people willing to say, "NO!" more ready to use violence to maintain that stance than the people who would gladly and eagerly follow any illegal order given by Cheeto Jesus?
There probably are more people who would try to resist following any illegal orders given by Trump and his toadies. I'm not so sure they're ready to resist with force those that would use violence to follow those orders.
Mango Mussolini's todie as SECDEF is going to give illegal orders to deploy the Army and Marines to enforce immigrant deportations. There *will be* members *at all levels* that *will* follow those orders. If you believe otherwise, you have not been listening to your brothers and sisters.
Those orders are going to break the military because the people eager to follow Trumplethinskin's illegal orders are already primed to use force. And they're going to be more willing to resort to force first than those who would resist.